Mantle oxidation by sulfur drives the formation of giant gold deposits in subduction zones

DY He, KF Qiu, AC Simon, GS Pokrovski, HC Yu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Oxidation of the sub-arc mantle driven by slab-derived fluids has been hypothesized to
contribute to the formation of gold deposits in magmatic arc environments that host the …

Gold endowment of the metasomatized lithospheric mantle for giant gold deposits: Insights from lamprophyre dykes

X Wang, Z Wang, H Cheng, K Zong, CY Wang… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The metasomatized sub-continental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) is increasingly proposed to
play a key control in the formation of giant gold (Au) deposits. However, the extent of Au …

[HTML][HTML] Metallogenic fingerprint of a metasomatized lithospheric mantle feeding gold endowment in the western Mediterranean basin

E Schettino, C Marchesi… - GSA …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Spinel peridotite xenoliths (one plagioclase-bearing) hosted in alkaline basalts from Tallante
(southeast Spain) record the mineralogical and geochemical fingerprint of the …

A New Map** Protocol for Laser Ablation (with Fast‐Funnel) Coupled to a Time‐of‐Flight Mass Spectrometer (LA‐FF‐ICP‐ToF‐MS) for the Rapid, Simultaneous …

D Savard, S Dare, LP Bédard… - Geostandards and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although in situ analysis by LA‐ICP‐MS is considered a rapid technique with minimal
sample preparation and data reduction, map** areas of millimetres in size using a small …

Metals in Avachinsky peridotite xenoliths with implications for redox heterogeneity and metal enrichment in the Kamchatka mantle wedge

P Kepezhinskas, N Berdnikov, N Kepezhinskas… - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
Peridotite xenoliths from the Avachinsky volcano in southern Kamchatka contain diverse
assemblages of native metals and intermetallic compounds associated with primary olivine …

Sedimentary response to the paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of the southern North China Craton during the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic

DB Yang, HT Yang, JP Shi, WL Xu, F Wang - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
With the aim of constraining the influence of the surrounding plates on the Late Paleozoic–
Mesozoic paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of the southern North China Craton …

Deep mantle cycle of chalcophile metals and sulfur in subducted oceanic crust

Z Zou, Z Wang, YG Xu, S Foley, H Cheng, L Ma… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the subduction-driven recycling of economically important chalcophile
metals (eg, Cu, Au, Ag, and platinum-group elements, PGEs) and volatiles (eg, sulfur) is …

How Pt and Pd are hosted in magmatic sulfides, substitutions and/or inclusions?

HM Helmy, R Botcharnikov, C Ballhaus, R Wirth… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2023 - Springer
Palladium and Pt are present in magmatic sulfide deposits mainly as discrete platinum-
group minerals (PGM) closely associated with base metal sulfides (BMS). It is always …

Confocal Raman spectroscopic study of melt inclusions in olivine of mantle xenoliths from the Bultfontein kimberlite pipe (Kimberley cluster, South Africa): Evidence for …

IS Sharygin, AV Golovin, AA Tarasov… - Journal of Raman …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the composition of primary/primitive mantle melts is crucial for understanding the
mantle's evolution and mantle‐derived magmatism. Melt inclusions in mantle xenoliths …

Sulfide-rich continental roots at cratonic margins formed by carbonated melts

C Chen, MW Förster, SS Shcheka, IS Ezad, JJ Shea… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
The cratonic crust contains abundant mineral deposits of metals such as gold, copper and
rare earths,,,–and is underlain by a thick mantle lithosphere rich in the volatiles carbon …